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Transfer station on Ox Road near I-66 - next to old landfill
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- how is waste collected from citizens who do not drop it off at waste transfer
stations?
- is waste collected differently from single family residents vs. commercial
establishments or apartments?
- why can't homeowners dump their household waste at the local 7-11 or gas station?
- how is the waste separated at this facility?
- do citizens have to separate glass from aluminum? newspaper from cardboard?
- what is the difference between hazardous waste, solid waste, and garbage?
- why does the government manage waste disposal, instead of a private company?
- what lies underneath the hill to the west of the transfer station?
- why are there no trees on the hill?
- why is there a flare burning near the hill?
- where does the waste go? why does it go there?
- how much waste remains at this facility overnight?
- will this place always remain a waste transfer station, or could it be developed
into something else?
- how does the local fast food restaurant dispose of its used frying oil?
- wht would Fairfax County increase the amount of impervious surface by paving this transfer station?